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Texas History Year End Review #1
Texas History Year End Review #1
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1
Which of the following is a primary source?
1836 newspaper
History TV show
Encyclopedia article
Textbook
2
When the supply of something goes up, what happens to its cost?
Goes up
Goes down
Stays steady
Goes up and then down then up again then sideways.
3
What prejudice organization rose up after World War I?
White Might
LULAC
The Grange
Ku Klux Klan
4
What is highlighted by the star in the map?
Gulf of Mexico
San Jacinto
Rio Grande
El Paso
5
1st President of the Republic of Texas.
Mirabeau Lamar
Jack "Coffee" Hays
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
6
What restricts free enterprise and allows companies to charge unfairly high prices?
Slavery
Economists
Labor Unions
Trusts and monopolies
7
Year Mexico won independence from Spain.
1821
1824
1836
1825
8
This invention ended the open plain and made cattle drives harder.
Railroad
Barbed wire
Colt revolver
Lasso
9
What is the system in which each branch of government can limit actions of the other branches?
Individual Rights
Checks and balances
Federalism
Separation of Powers
10
Region of Texas that has the four largest and most populated cities in Texas.
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains & Basins
North Central Plains
11
Why was the Republic of Texas in debt?
War debt and difficulty collecting taxes.
Invested in too many failed mining schemes.
Expanded too far too quickly.
Bought too much grain and sheep from the East.
12
The Civil War lasted from __________ to __________.
1860 to 1865
1861 to 1865
1860 to 1864
1861 to 1866
13
What book angered people greatly about the horrors of slavery?
Huckleberry Finn
Red Badge of Courage
The Horrors of Slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
14
Which of the following was NOT part of Congressional Reconstruction after the Civil War?
School for All
States had to write new constitutions to rejoin U.S.
13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Did not severely punish ex-Confederates
15
Former mission that became the site of a famous battle during the Texas Revolution.
San Jacinto
Sabine
The Alamo
Gonzales
16
A source made at or near the time of a historical event by someone who actually observed it.
Primary
Actual
Secondary
Nonfictional
17
Who founded the 1st Anglo-American colony in TX and is considered the "Father of Texas".
Moses Austin
Sam Houston
Wiz Khalifa
Stephen F Austin
18
When did Texas become a state?
1836
1845
1861
1821
19
Which native cultural group adapted to their environment by using portable homes called teepees
Gulf
Pueblo
Southeastern
Plains
20
Spanish word for a land agent who recruited new settlers to an area.
Conquistador
Presidio
Empresario
Chimichanga
21
I was the Spanish explorer who searched for the 7 cities of gold and silver.
Cabeza de Vaca
Ariana Grande
Coronado
Cortes
22
Which battle of the Texas Revolution does this flag represent?
Gonzales
San Jacinto
Alamo
Sabine Pass
23
Who was the great Comanche leader who also became successful in the Anglo world?
Tecumseh
Geronimo
Black Cloud
Quannah Parker
24
What industries was Texas a leader in during World War 2?
Oil and Gas
Uranium mining
Infrastructure
Agriculture
25
Why was Stephen F. Austin arrested by the Mexican government?
He slapped Santa Anna in the face and called him a coward.
He was attempting to put together a militia to attack Mexico
He refused to pledge his allegiance to Mexico.
He wrote a letter encouraging Texas to form own government.
26
I established a studio in Austin to complete commissions of Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston.
Kanye West
Elisabet Ney
Oveta Culp Hobby
Scott Joplin
27
Which of the following made the greatest impact on the annexation of Texas?
The War of 1812
The Dust Bowl
Election of James K Polk
Cherokee Indians moving to New Mexico
28
I was the Spanish explorer who shipwrecked off the coast of Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca
Cortes
Pineda
Inigo Montoya
29
Why did people believe it was important to pass Prohibition?
Alcohol causes poverty and crime.
Women should be allowed to vote.
Slavery was a horrible institution.
Monopolies prevent free enterprise and unfair business.
30
How did El Camino Real most impact the way of life in New Spain?
Allowed for goods and services to be traded more easily.
It made many caminos to be more real for you and me.
Allowed the Native Americans resist conquest longer.
It allowed steamboats to travel along multiple rivers.
31
What day did Texas declare independence?
March 26, 1836
March 7, 1836
March 2, 1836
March 14, 1836
32
At which battle did Texans reclaim the seaport and break the Union blockade?
Spindletop
Galveston
Sabine Pass
Gonzales
33
What happened in the Santa Fe expedition?
There was no such thing as the Santa Fe expedition.
A great victorious battle was fought for Texas.
The last march of the Texas Revolution.
Texans were captured and forced to go to Mexico City.
34
Who helped institute the Texas Railroad Commission?
Scott Joplin
Woodrow Wilson
Oveta Culp Hobby
James Hogg
35
What year did Cortes conquer the Aztecs and Pineda map the coast?
1492
1607
1519
1836
36
What was the belief called, that the U.S. had a God given right to expand coast to coast?
God's Plan
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Annexation
